# MAL-2026-13453: Malicious code in pilgrimage-portal-client (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `pilgrimage-portal-client` (npm)
- **Published:** 6 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r69p-2jjg-vh25

## What is MAL-2026-13453?

MAL-2026-13453 is a malicious package in pilgrimage-portal-client, published on 6 Aug 2026. 

### Official description

On `npm install`, the package's postinstall hook runs `node ping.js`, which reads the installer's hostname via `require('os').hostname()` and POSTs it, along with a timestamp and the package name/version, to the hardcoded bare-IP endpoint http://134.119.222.10:9009/canary over plain HTTP. Errors and timeouts are silently swallowed. The version number (99.0.0) and beacon shape are consistent with a dependency-confusion proof-of-install callback: the destination is a non-first-party bare IP the installer never configured, and the outbound call fires automatically without user consent. Regardless of the 'canary' self-label, host-identifier data leaves the installer's machine to an attacker-controlled endpoint at install time.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-13453?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
MAL-2026-13453 is a malicious package: pilgrimage-portal-client (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.

Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13453/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13453/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-13453

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-13453/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.